About Us
Mission
The Acadian Group is a software development and
technology consulting company focused on delivering technology
solutions to the real estate industry. Acadian is comprised
of experienced investment and technology professionals who leverage
a unique combination of capabilities to transform real estate
investment management into a dynamic, integrated, data-driven
activity. Acadian's goal is to revolutionize
the way lenders, fund managers, REITs, asset managers,
pension funds, private equity firms, government agencies,
commercial banks, insurance companies and other real estate owners
and investment firms interact with data and exchange
information.
Management Team
The Acadian Group has assembled an accomplished team of
real estate and technology professionals with extensive backgrounds
in real estate acquisition, asset and fund management, process
design and implementation, software development, report design and
project management.
Real estate is a very specialized asset class. Understanding the
fundamentals of acquisition, asset management and risk management
is not a simple endeavor and integrating this knowledge to a
software application presents an even larger challenge. Acadian has
captured the expertise needed to address these challenges in a team
of professionals that have the hands-on experience in these
disciplines. Acadian's team is dedicated to designing, developing
and implementing investment management software to provide the
framework for efficient portfolio formation and
management.
Thomas M. Speroni
Product Strategy
Thomas Speroni is a Principal at The Acadian Group in
charge of product strategy. Prior to The Acadian Group, Mr.
Speroni was a senior vice president at Centerline Capital Group and
headed the technology development team that created the platform
for managing over 1,200 multifamily assets and over 120
institutional equity funds. Mr. Speroni was previously head
of Centerline's financial planning and capital budgeting
team. Prior to Centerline, Mr. Speroni was a Software
Architect at Avanade, a consulting firm founded as a joint venture
between Accenture and Microsoft. At Avanade, he developed
enterprise applications for Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Speroni
holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio
State University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke
University.
Aaron W. Stevens
Business Development
Aaron Stevens is a Principal at The Acadian Group and is
responsible for business development. Prior to The Acadian
Group, Mr. Stevens was head of the Investor Advisory Group at
Centerline Capital Group and was responsible for managing a $9.9
billion portfolio of institutional real estate equity
funds. Before his work in the Investor Advisory Group, Mr.
Stevens led an acquisition group at Centerline, and managed the
acquisition and structuring of real estate transactions with a
total value in excess of $1.6 billion. Mr. Stevens received a
Bachelor of Science with honors and distinction from Iowa State
University and a Master of Business Administration with honors
from Columbia Business School.
Hisham Baz
Product Development
Hisham Baz is a Principal at The Acadian Group in charge of
product development. Mr. Baz is an enterprise architect and
project manager with a successful track record planning and
executing complex projects. He provides technical and thought
leadership for building distributed software applications and
integration solutions using the Microsoft technology stack.
Prior to The Acadian Group, Mr. Baz served as Software Architect
for Avanade, a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft.
Mr. Baz brings over 12 years of experience designing software
solutions for a wide range of clients that include PacifiCare,
Centerline Capital Group, Fleishman-Hillard, National Council of
Architectural Registration Boards, Microsoft, Shell Oil, Accenture,
Pacific Gas and Electric, Becton Dickenson, Hewlett Packard, Lions
Gate Entertainment, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Pacific
Life, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and Taser.
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